1898 GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON Military Army Revolutionary War American History
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1898 GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON Military Army Revolutionary War American History:
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var itemNumber = window.ItemID ? window.ItemID : -1; function passpara(){return + itemNumber + location.href.lastIndexOf(\'/\') + 1));} WASHINGTON THE SOLDIER. By General Henry B. Carrington, LL.D. Published in 1898 by Lamson, Wolffe and Company. 8.5” x 6” cloth hardcover. Illustrated with plates and maps. 431 pages.
Condition: Fair condition. Exterior as shown in photo with rubbing at corners and spine ends, also 1.5” split in cloth at top of rear joint. Binding is firm. Text is clean and complete. No torn, loose or missing pages. The reason I rate this book as fair is because there is some moisture blemishing in the bottom margin and part of the lower vertical margin of the text Description:
This is an antique history of George Washington the soldier.
Not Washington the surveyor. Not Washington the President.
Washington the soldier. The General. The Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. The military genius who heroically led a disgruntled and poorly-equipped volunteer army to victory over the British, the most efficient fighting force on Earth.
This book follows George Washington from his early years as a soldier through his entire command as leader of the American forces in the Revolutionary War. It is illustrated with portraits and maps.
WASHINGTON THE SOLDIER is a military history written by a military man. Author General Henry B. Carrington was well-qualified to undertake a work of this nature and magnitude: Not only was he a lawyer and professor, but also a Colonel and Brigadier-General in the United States Army during the American Civil War and in the 1866-68 Indian war known as “Red Cloud’s War.” A noted engineer as well, Carrington constructed forts along the Bozeman trail during the latter conflict. He built and personally manned the wilderness outpost Fort Philip Kearny, near which occurred the “Fetterman massacre” in which U.S. 80 troops were killed by Indians. Carrington was initially blamed for the massacre, but was later exonerated by a court of inquiry and a separate investigation by the Department of the Interior.
Carrington’s military experiences in the 19th century gave him the insight and expertise to critically analyze the battles of the American Revolution a hundred years earlier. His long years in the field and on the march endow this book with an authoritative quality that easily surpasses the efforts of mere historians.
Contents Are:
Chapter One ~ Early Aptitudes for Success
Chapter Two ~ The Ferment of American Liberty
Chapter Three ~ The Outbreak of Repressed Liberty
Chapter Four ~ Armed America Needs a Soldier
Chapter Five ~ Washington in Command
Chapter Six ~ British Canada enters the Field of Action
Chapter Seven ~ Howe Succeeds Gates – Closing Scenes of 1775
Chapter Eight ~ America Against Britain ~ Boston Taken
Systematic War with Britain Begun
Chapter Ten ~ Britain Against America – Howe Invades New York
Chapter Eleven ~ Battle of Long Island
Chapter Twelve ~ Washington in New York
Chapter Thirteen ~ Washington Tenders, and How Declines, Battle – Harlem Heights and White Plains
Chapter Fourteen ~ The First New Jersey Campaign – Trenton
Chapter Fifteen ~ The First New Jersey Campaign Developed – Princeton
Chapter Sixteen ~ The American Base of Operations Established – The Second New Jersey Campaign
Chapter Seventeen ~ British Invasion from Canada – Operations Along the Hudson
Chapter Eighteen ~ Pennsylvania Invaded – Battle of Brandywine
Chapter Nineteen ~ Washington Resumes the Offensive – Battle of Germantown
Chapter Twenty – Jealousy and Greed Defeated – Valley Forge
Chapter Twenty-One ~ Philadelphia and Valley Forge in Winter, 1778
Chapter Twenty-Two ~ From Valley Forge to White Plains Again – Battle of Monmouth
Chapter Twenty-Three ~ The Alliance with France Takes Effect – Siege of Newport
Chapter Twenty-Four ~ Minor Events and Grave Conditions, 1779
Chapter Twenty-Five ~ Minor Operations of 1779 Continued – Stony Point Taken – New England Relieved
Chapter Twenty-Six ~ Shifting Scenes – Temper of the People – Savannah
Chapter Twenty-Seven ~ The Eventful Year, 1780 – New Jersey Once More Invaded
Chapter Twenty-Eight ~ Battle of Springfield – Rochambeau – Arnold – Gates
Chapter Twenty-Nine ~ A Bird’s Eye View of the Theatre of War
Chapter Thirty ~ The Soldier Tried – American Mutiny – Foreign Judgment – Arnold’s Depredation
Chapter Thirty-One ~ The Southern Campaign, 1781, Outlined – Cowpens – Guilford Court-House – Eutaw Springs
Chapter Thirty-Two ~ Lafayette in Pursuit of Arnold – The End in Sight – Arnold in the British Army
Chapter Thirty-Three ~ New York and Yorktown Threatened – Cornwallis Inclosed by Lafayette
Chapter Thirty-Four ~ British Captains Outgeneraled – Washington Joins Lafayette
Chapter Thirty-Five ~ The Alliance with France Vindicated – Washington’s Magnanimity – His Benediction
Chapter Thirty-Six ~ Washington’s Prediction Realized – The Attitude of America Pronounced
Appendix A ~ American Army, by States
Appendix B ~ Anerican Navy and Its Career
Appendix C ~ Comparisons with Later Wars
Appendix D ~ British Army, at Various Dates
Appendix E ~ Organization of Burgoyne’s Army
Appendix F ~ Organization of Cornwallis’s Army
Appendix G ~ Notes of Lee’s Court-Martial
Glossary of Military Terms
ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDE: Washington * Washington at Four Periods of His Military Career * Washington at Boston * Washington Before Trenton * Washington in His Room at Valley Forge
MAPS: Outline of the Atlantic Coast * Boston and Vicinity * Battle of Long Island * Operations near New York * Capture of Fort Washington * Trenton and Vicinity * Battle of Trenton: Battle of Princeton * Operations in New Jersey * Attack of Forts Clinton and Montgomery * Battle of Brandywine * Battle of Germantown * Operations on the Delaware * Operations near Philadelphia * Encampment at Valley Forge * Battle of Monmouth * Outline Map of Hudson River * Battle of Springfield: Operations from Staten Island * Lafayette in Virginia * Operations in Chesapeake Bay * Siege of Yorktown
Remember folks, this is an 1898 original. This book is 116 years old.
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1898 GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON Military Army Revolutionary War American History:
$54.99